Herefordshire Unitary Authority (County/UA) : NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way)

Data cube chart.

Year Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations Intermediate occupations Routine & manual occupations Never worked & long-term unemployed
1841 6,304 Show data context 20,410 Show data context 16,883 Show data context
1881 11,556 Show data context 30,822 Show data context 23,986 Show data context
1931 11,068 Show data context 21,259 Show data context 16,355 Show data context
1971 2,493 Show data context 1,702 Show data context 1,836 Show data context 1,898 Show data context
1981 3,080 Show data context 1,728 Show data context 1,887 Show data context 1,396 Show data context
1991 3,356 Show data context 1,367 Show data context 1,998 Show data context 647 Show data context
2001 30,949 Show data context 23,842 Show data context 37,380 Show data context 8,886 Show data context
2011 69,292 Show data context 34,343 Show data context 45,702 Show data context 12,540 Show data context
2021 51,723 Show data context 40,554 Show data context 48,236 Show data context 16,674 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS23: "SEG and economic position (10% Sample): Economically Active residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS50: "Socio-Economic group and economic positions (10% Sample): Economically active residents")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S92 "SEG and economic position (10% sample): Economically active residents)
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table UV031, NS-Sec (21 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS607UK - NS-SeC)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (17 way))

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nCube definition


Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Herefordshire Unitary Authority (County/UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | NS Socio-economic Classification (4-way), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026